On Saturday May 12, Dave Quady led a bird walk in Claremont Canyon in the hills on the Berkeley/Oakland border. The walk was sponsored by the Claremont Canyon Conservancy <http://www.claremontcanyon.o

Graham and all, I saw the bird for several minutes this afternoon at 2:30. Am quite sure it was a Summer Tanager, possibly a red-morph female, as there were blotchy reddish patches visible (with binoc

The Vermilion Flycatcher was still at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont this morning. The bird was seen briefly at 10:40am in Picnic Area D, by both Helen Green and me. It traveled between several bare tree t

Thought I was taking pictures of Townsend's Warblers this afternoon, and indeed I did get some that were Townsend's. But this bird is different, and I wonder if it is a Blackburnian Warbler. Apologies

Today I saw my FOS Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon's subspecies in a conifer on Gravatt Drive near the southern intersection with Stephens, in Oakland (hills above the Claremont Hotel). Kay Loughman

Amazing! - I also had a male Calliope Hummingbird today at 3 pm, at one of my feeders - Oakland Hills, northern intersection of Gravatt & Stephens - just a couple of miles north of John. It stayed for

Berkeley, Alameda County. s-taylor@... wrote:

I heard a selasphorus hummer in a blooming grevillea on Gravatt Dr. (Vicente Canyon side) in Oakland last Friday afternoon. Expected to see an Allen's which is still missing from my neighborhood list

I spent a couple of hours this morning at Pt.Richmond and was duly impressed that the huge number of gulls, scoters, etc. continues. In the Lagoon at Miller Knox, there was a good selection of expecte

Late post - was intended for 1/25/11: ************************************ This morning Mary Foley and I spent a couple of hours birding in Tilden at Lake Anza and Jewel Lake. Of the 31+ species seen

In an amazing vocal performance, three species of owls were heard early this morning by birders in Claremont Canyon (north Oakland). While standing in the same place, over the space of 1.5 hrs, we hea

The Gray Catbird in Oakland's Dimond Park was seen this morning from 10:15 to at least 10:45 by Emilie Strauss, Ted Robertson, and me. The bird was found initially in the blue elderberry bush in the N

Zach - WHERE in the Berkeley Hills? Thanks. Kay zachary.baer2 wrote:

I really hope someone will get photos of the female, so we can ascertain the true identity! Kay Loughman Berkeley Jack Hayden wrote:

An acquaintance with two bluebird nest boxes near the top of Claremont Canyon (on the Oakland/Berkeley border) has found dead baby birds in one of the boxes. The second box has a viable (so far) nest.

Apologies to all for the Google map link showing the location of the Indigo Bunting. The link is essentially useless. I've made a better map - contact me if you'd like me to send it to you. I also tri

Yesterday afternoon (6/09/10) a male INDIGO BUNTING was found by Erica Rutherford and John Colbert on the Ridge Trail in the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve on the Berkeley/Oakland border. The bird

Hello East Bay Birders, If you are birding in the Claremont Canyon area of Oakland, and are able to take pictures of birds, butterflies, frogs, snakes, etc. please consider sending me copies of your p

Just had the FOS adult male Black-headed Grosbeak arrive at my feeder. He seemed so relaxed, and stayed so long, I'm guessing he was a returnee. This is the earliest I have recorded this species. Prev

All, I truly hope the new EBB list on Yahoo does NOT allow attachments. Attachments swell considerably the size of a post, meaning it takes longer to download, and takes a lot more storage space. EBB